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Illini Union

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Often called “The Center of Campus” - approximately 11,000 people pass through the Union each day! ▪ Take your group inside and show something in Union: south lounge, Courtyard Café, etc. ▪ First floor: Courtyard Café, restaurants, bank, Convenience-store, art gallery, study spaces, meeting rooms, ATMs ▪ Lower level: food court, study space, Rec Room with bowling, pool, and video games, ▪ Upper floors: 72 guest-room hotel, student organizations office, meeting rooms, Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, Legal Services, and Illinois Leadership Center, Bike Repair Station

Answer 2

Home to Grainger Engineering Library, the largest engineering library in the country and one of the most technologically advanced information management and retrieval centers in the world. Location of Engineering Open House every spring, a large program to demonstrate what’s fascinating about Engineering. They host a Tesla coil concert, a self-driving solar car, and a tent of battling robots,

Answer 3

▪ Home to the Mathematics and Actuarial Science Department as well as the Mathematics Library ▪ There are Altgeld Halls at Southern & Northern, and similar “castles” at Eastern and Illinois State, all inspired by Governor John Altgeld. ▪ Rumored to be a replica of a castle in Germany—put all “Altgelds” together and recreate the castle ▪ Automated every quarter hour and play a concert daily during the lunch hour Trivia: How many levels does Altgeld have? 20 levels! (for now... major renovation going on!)

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Sculpted by world-famous sculptor, and Illinois graduate, Lorado Taft ▪ The Illinois' Motto is "Learning and Labor," represented by the two figures on each side clasping hands; the Alma Mater welcomes her children with outstretched arms ▪ The inscription reads: “To thy happy children of the future, those of the past send greetings.” ▪ The Alma Mater is dressed up for special occasions—she held a basketball and wore a jersey and headband (similar to Dee Brown’s) when the Illini made the Final Four in 2005, she was decorated with roses when the football team made it to the Rose Bowl in 2008, and she has been seen wearing mittens and a stocking cap during harsh winter days Alma Cam- 24 hour stream of Alma shared on Youtube.

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Main social center of campus with tons of great restaurants and shops. A great place to come back to if you are hungry after tour Restaurants showcase our diverse student body - 25% of our out of state students are international ▪ Wright street is actually the dividing line between Champaign and Urbana FAV cafe: yummy future FAV restaurant on green: mia za's

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The Career Center Provides career counseling to students: resume workshops, career library, interview critiques, workshops on Salary Negotiation and Applying to Graduate School Office of Student Financial Aid ▪ Walk-in hours Monday-Friday, 10:00-4:00 (not open 12-1)

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Houses the Office of the Dean of Students Houses the Office of Minority Student Affairs Houses the Counseling Center (Counseling services are covered by the student health fee, which means there is never a charge to students.)

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Only official University bookstore—all profits support student events and programs provided by the Illini Union Carries all required and recommended textbooks and course materials for every class offered at Illinois. ▪ Online price comparison tool to show you all of your options for every textbook and class The best place to purchase your official Illinois apparel, gifts and souvenirs o 20%-off coupon in student bags Division of Exploratory Studies academic advising office on the 5th floor;

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Approximately 23% of our undergraduates are part of the Greek community. Members participate in philanthropic, social and extracurricular activities.

Answer 10

Turn in tuition and other payments to the University here, check student accounts University President’s office on the third floor Also has lots of classrooms to host general education class discussions; for example, RHET 105

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Home to the Departments of English, Rhetoric, and Business and Technical Writing Originally a Women’s Building: included classroom space, a gymnasium on the second floor and a swimming pool in the lower level—the pool and gym are gone now

Answer 12

Myth says “A lovers kiss will bring eternal bliss”... in earlier days, according to the myth, if a couple kisses beneath the flame their love would be eternal. The current “flame” is now a light bulb that is sometimes turned off to save electricity, so if a couple kisses beneath the flame now they are likely to have an on and off relationship!

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First curb cuts at a post-secondary institution Illinois was the first post-secondary institution to provide a support services program enabling students with disabilities to attend in 1948 ▪ Office of Disability, Resources and Educational Services (DRES) provides support to students on campus ▪ Provides support to students with both visible and invisible disabilities ▪ Services are provided at no cost to students ▪ Over 3,000 students on campus benefit from DRES Support ▪ DRES has the best accessible transportation system for students at any college in the U.S. ▪ Organized the National Wheelchair Basketball Association; held the first tournament at Illinois

Answer 14

Home to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lincoln’s sculpture (1928) is just outside Lincoln Hall Theater, and rumor has it that rubbing his nose before exams brings luck – feel free to rub his if you want! In 1979, the bust of Lincoln was stolen and relocated to a tree stump on the Florida Avenue golf course. A note was sent to the DI "from Lincoln" saying "Went out for a breath of fresh air. I'll be back by the end of the week." Police got it back sooner than that!

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Focus on describing what a day in the life of a college student is like. Class Sizes: 80% of classes are 50 students or fewer, 19:1 student faculty ratio, Class sizes are capped at 750, Every large lecture will have a small discussion or lab section, Every professor is required to have office hours once a week Advising General Education Requirements: here are 11 buckets you’ll have to dip into, Note that many Gen-Ed courses will count for 2 or 3 of these buckets at the same time. Many of your required major courses will also knock out a Gen-Ed or two THEA 110 LOVE

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Holds lectures, concerts and other special events Speakers include Bill Gates, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nick Offerman, and in Fall 2018, former President Barack Obama Seats 1,361 people--yet the largest lecture class is 750 people.

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Home to the College of Media and the Departments of History and Philosophy Named for our first University president: John Milton Gregory College of Media resources in the building include: Media Design Center, Broadcast Lab, Editing/Research Lab, Video Editing Suite, Reporting Lab, Photojournalism Lab, Audio Editing Lab Houses a Communications Library that offers 8 TV’s set to international news broadcasts in many different languages.

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20 Departmental Libraries Across Campus Library and computer lab are open as late as 2:30 AM on weekdays and 9:00 PM on the weekends. Amenities in Libraries: computer labs, group study rooms, coffee shops, digital equipment rentals Residence Hall labs are open 24 hours Over 24 million resources ( journals, books, articles, etc.) Students can check out up to 99 books at a time!! Rare book and manuscript library has among its collections: the first folio of Shakespeare (1623), the oldest book printed on moveable type, and the original manuscript of War of the Worlds

Answer 19

National Historic Landmark (Built in the late 1800’s) Hosts open house events for students to use the telescopes and see plants up close!

Answer 20

There are nine Cultural and Resource Centers on campus. All are part of Student Success, Inclusion, and Belonging (SSIB) in Student Affairs at Illinois. Six of those Cultural and Resource Centers are located on or near Nevada St. o Salaam Middle East and North Africa Cultural Center (Will walk past on Oregon) o La Casa Cultural Latina o Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center o Asian American Cultural Center o Native American House o International Education (located inside the Asian American Cultural Center) They provide robust programming for under-represented students on campus including Lunch on Us series

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Projects include developing improvements of photosynthesis funded by Bill Gates and research into the origins of life in the universe funded by NASA. “The Blobs” are sculptures that signify the child-like creativity of biologists The University of Illinois is the #1 recipient in National Science Foundation funding Research opportunities can be found in almost every major, not just science.

Answer 22

Oldest experimental field in the western hemisphere The most valuable corn field in the world Students are rumored to risk expulsion if they are caught in the Morrow Plots

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Business Instructional Facility, to the West on Gregory Dr Can point out Architecture, David Kinley Hall (Political Science and Econ), Temple Buell Hall (Urban Planning), Mumford Hall (ACES) Mumford House (1870): The old white, prairie house on the South Quad, it’s the oldest structure still standing on campus. It was originally designed as a model farmhouse.

Answer 24

Donated by Rich McFarland in honor of his wife Sarah McFarland 4 octave, 49-bell carillon Rings in unison with the Altgeld Chimes; sometimes bells echo each other

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More than 350 available study abroad programs in more than 50 countries ▪ Talk about your experiences/plans studying abroad (if applicable)

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Home of Food Science & Human Nutrition (FSHN) and Human Development & Family Studies (HDFS). Both are in ACES. 2 Student run businesses open to the public, Bevier Café and Spice Box, provide a hands-on learning experience for undergrads

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One of two recreation centers on campus. The second being the Activities and Recreation Center About the ARC: (Three times larger than CRCE, at 340,000 square feet ▪ Has indoor track, weight room, indoor and outdoor pools, basketball / volleyball courts, rock climbing wall, sauna, squash, racquetball and handball courts, outdoor tennis courts, combat room, reflection room, group cycling room) About CRCE: (Holds locker rooms, multi-purpose gym, free weights, and aerobic fitness center ▪ Expanded in 2004 to include a pool, water slide, hot tub, indoor track and more. ▪ Cost of use is included as part of fees ▪ Intramural and Club Sports ● Club sports are competitive and have tryouts (like ice hockey) ● Intramural sports are relaxed, allowing you to get a group of friends together and play ● All games take place at ARC and CRCE or IM field)

Answer 28

McKinley is the “official” campus health center ▪ All students taking 6+ credit hours pay a health service fee to access all of McKinley’s services which include primary care, mental health, women’s health and health education. ▪ There is a pharmacy, lab and radiology onsite. ▪ The Self Care Stations provide FREE over-the-counter self-care supplies. There are two main locations and four vending machines. ▪ McKinley’s Dial-A-Nurse is available 24/7 to answer any questions or coordinate healthcare needs.

Answer 29

University Police patrol campus, along with the Champaign and Urbana Police Departments ▪ Student Bike or Walking Patrol of campus 9 PM - 2 AM ▪ Public Safety Building right on campus—campus police, etc. ▪ Emergency telephones throughout campus are connected to police stations immediately via intercom. Response time is 90 seconds! ▪ Safe Rides and Safe Walks programs provide transportation for students from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. approximately- exact hours change throughout year ▪ SafeRides is an MTD shuttle system to help give rides at night if there is not a bus available nearby ▪ SafeWalks is a program run by the UI Police, which provides a personal escort on campus if you have been studying late. It is part of the Student Bike or Walking Patrol. ▪ Emergency Text Messaging System and Crime Alert e-mails ▪ Security Cameras: Point out the two cameras on the nearby building. ▪ Over 800 security cameras on campus ▪ Focus on housing and recreational centers

Answer 30

Undergraduate and graduate students are given hands on experience to use theory, research, and practice while observing and interacting with children Preschool and child care program for children 6 weeks to five years old ▪ Students in Early Childhood Education and Human Development and Family Studies work with the children along with full time professional staff

Answer 31

School of Social Work ▪ 4 yr. program with a 1-year Master’s degree offered ▪ Great degree for working in schools, hospitals, courts, clinics, senior centers or adoption agencies. ▪ Alternative to Psychology, more hands-on practicum Employment While on Campus ▪ Many employment opportunities with the university (DINING HALL) Where to live after University Housing (can point to apartments on Gregory) ▪ Most students will move to apartments or Greek housing after Freshman or Sophomore year ( Most privately owned apartments are a 10 minute walk from the Main Quad Chez Veterans Center (2015)

Answer 32

Open to the public six days a week (Closed Mondays) and admission is free. A second museum exists on the south side of campus- the Krannert Art Museum o This museum is 2nd largest in the state of Illinois, second to the Art Institute in Chicago Approximately 50,000 culture-related artifacts spanning 1,000,000 years and six continents.

Answer 33

Thank them for coming and wish them luck in their college search! ▪ guidance counselor suggested here ▪ originally wanted to explore a new state but discovered there's something new to do here ▪ such a big school ->. meet all different ppl and have such a rich fulfilling experience work hard and play hard

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